The A110 road trip topic
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James Elmer said:
Which bags are they in the frunk, please? Thanks!
Those must be the CabinMax bags: https://cabinmax.com/products/metz-44l-classic-col...bram070 said:
Those must be the CabinMax bags: https://cabinmax.com/products/metz-44l-classic-col...
Ah ha! Thank you! It was again time to get my Alpine serviced in the beginning of May 2024 and that meant another road trip to Europe. The plan was to take a ferry from Helsinki to Travemünde and then continue to Netherlands with planned stops in Den Bosch and Breda. Then short drive from Breda to Antwerp to Alpine Antwerpen. Once the car would be serviced, then plan was to drive to Northern Netherlands to Groningen. Then from Groningen to Hamburg and from there back to Travemünde. It was altogether 8 day trip and 1,700 km of driving.
More detailed report on my trip can be found here:
https://pertti.com/en/alpine/01c-my-a110-experienc...
View over Travemünde seen from the ferry.
St. John's Cathedral in Den Bosch, the Netherlands.
Antwerp railway station.
Kinderdijk windmills in the Netherlands.
Alpine in Frederiksoord, the Netherlands.
Drawbridge near Delfzilj, the Netherlands.
Lovely Lamborghini Miura at the Car Museum Prototyp in Hamburg, Germany.
Nice encounter with a German A110 owner near Travemünde.
More detailed report on my trip can be found here:
https://pertti.com/en/alpine/01c-my-a110-experienc...
View over Travemünde seen from the ferry.
St. John's Cathedral in Den Bosch, the Netherlands.
Antwerp railway station.
Kinderdijk windmills in the Netherlands.
Alpine in Frederiksoord, the Netherlands.
Drawbridge near Delfzilj, the Netherlands.
Lovely Lamborghini Miura at the Car Museum Prototyp in Hamburg, Germany.
Nice encounter with a German A110 owner near Travemünde.
We finally arrived in St Malo for the ferry, where a grinning face at the guichet said "Ah, a Renault!", all in good humour and with a twinkle in his eye. He probably enjoys winding up English drivers, I thought. Then to security , who asked us to pop the frunk and made appreciative comments about the car. Finally, on entering the car deck we were signalled to one side and escorted -it's the only word- to the front of the lower deck, right by the bow door. We will be first off. All part of the experience of travelling en Alpine in France: small boys call out, pedestrians gather, other drivers wave. Despite the challenges, a good trip: a very, very good trip.
Four weeks until we're off. Scotland - Annecy - Uzes - Scotland, over 3 weeks, with a week in each intermediate location.
I love the route planning and journey as much as sitting by the pool and enjoying the sunshine.
A night in Beaune on the way, then when in Annecy taking in the TdF that passes nearby one day, pop into Switzerland for the Montreux Jazz Festival, mooch around the lower alps, down the N85 past Gap and across over the top of Mount Ventoux to Uzes, some looking around Avignon, back via Millau Viaduct and a couple of nights in Sancerre.
An A110 adventure of at least 3,000 miles and exactly the sort of trip I bought it for and it was excellent at in 2022. To say I'm excited is an understatement. And yes, all the Cabin Zero bags are sorted to optimise the luggage!
I love the route planning and journey as much as sitting by the pool and enjoying the sunshine.
A night in Beaune on the way, then when in Annecy taking in the TdF that passes nearby one day, pop into Switzerland for the Montreux Jazz Festival, mooch around the lower alps, down the N85 past Gap and across over the top of Mount Ventoux to Uzes, some looking around Avignon, back via Millau Viaduct and a couple of nights in Sancerre.
An A110 adventure of at least 3,000 miles and exactly the sort of trip I bought it for and it was excellent at in 2022. To say I'm excited is an understatement. And yes, all the Cabin Zero bags are sorted to optimise the luggage!
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